Former paratrooper and Democrat has strong support in West Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District

By Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times

Jul 12, 2018 | 10:57 AM

West Virginia state Sen. Richard Ojeda, a Democrat, is running for Congress in a Trump stronghold. The former paratrooper and a strong union advocate is harnessing his anger at energy and pharmaceutical companies he argues are getting rich while hurting the people of his state. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)